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“Nobody flees from pictures, which are bold incitements of the libido. They seem most talkative, and their silent discourse often penetrates deeply and shoots forth sharper pricks all the way down to the marrow, more so than anything else...
“There is a well-known story of a young man who left the marks of his lust on a statue of Venus. Tiberius is said to have had his bedroom sketched with pictures even more lascivious...And it is handed down in letters that horses have neighed at painted horses...
“Therefore, since the birth of a child should be sought by all means, and since a birth comes about only through lovemaking between a man and a woman, I do not think it absurd (so far as Christian religion allows and a regard for decency permits)...
“that these pictures and other things thought to be useful should be called upon as an aid.”
Jason Pratensis, “How to Prevent Sterility” (1531), a Renaissance defense of pornography.
Jason Pratensis, “How to Prevent Sterility” (1531), a Renaissance defense of pornography.
